All-Pro Football 2K8 Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Published: Jan 24, 2007

Basics

Even without the NFL license, All-Pro Football 2k8 proves to be an intensely detailed and stimulating football experience that essentially mimics NFL rules. For more information on the game of football itself, you should refer to the Football 101 section of this very guide. For information and tips on picking your team, you should check out the Choosing Your Team section of the guide. Otherwise, read on for information on how to navigate your way through the game with ease.

Quick Game

After choosing your team or loading one you've already created (both of which are covered in the aforementioned Choosing Your Team section of this guide), you'll be greeted with the Quick Game option. Generally, this is the option you'll use most often if you're trying out a new roster, want to play a (wait for it) quick game, or want to play against a friend. Remember that if playing outside of a league, the makeup of opposing teams will generally be randomized. You'll face some strong teams, some weak teams, and some standard teams. League play, since the teams will be more ultimately determined, will have a more concrete roster makeup from team to team.

Remember that, if you so choose, you can alter the variables of a quick game, including the stadium played in, the difficulty of the CPU (if you're playing a one player game), the length of a quarter, the time of day, and the weather. Definitely explore these options since they will make the game more interesting.

Teams

By choosing this option, you open yourself up to many more options that you can deal with. The Teams option allows you to create a new team (probably some of the most fun you can have in the game), as well as manage created teams, and view the rosters of created teams and default squads alike. Since the team names and makeups are made up and completely randomized, it's best to view your competition first hand when you can, to see what the CPU has created for you and the teams surrounding you.

While in the Teams section, you can also create brand new players to your liking, and edit any players you've already created. Player Abilities, which we cover in-depth in the Choosing Your Team section of the guide, can also be viewed here. Remember that each position has specific Player Abilities that you should explore, as some are definitely more useful than others.

Season

Part of the fun of playing any sports game, especially when you're by your lonesome, is playing through a season. In the fictional world of All-Pro Football 2k8, the seasons are made up of fictional teams playing other fictional teams with rosters that are a hodgepodge of real ex-NFL all-star talent and fictional characters that will make up the rest of your squad. You can save multiple seasons playing as multiple teams at once so you can try out different stuff with different teams, or start a new season at any time, all via this menu option.

Practice

If you want to practice your skills, then you needn't look any further than the Practice option, which will allow you to try out a plethora of plays and skills in order to get comfortable with the game's feel and control scheme, which are in many ways a complete contrast to the Madden feel and scheme that many gamers will otherwise be comfortable with during 2k's football hiatus.

Options

This section, not surprisingly, allows you to control the game options. This includes things like quarter length, play calling, game speed and things of that nature (so you can make your games as NFL-like or non-NFL-like as you want). This also includes other options such as CPU difficulty and presentations, as well as what penalties will and won't be called, and yes indeed, control options as well. The latter is especially important to explore to make your controller as comfortable as you can make it for your style of play. Your button preferences are key to in-game playability!

Features

If you want to see all of the cool extras 2k has put into the game for you, then the Features section is the place to go. You can listen to all in-game music, watch some videos, check out the trophies you've won, and more. The coolest part of this section, however, is by far the Celebration Maker. In the real NFL, excessive celebration is frowned upon. But in the fictional world of All-Pro Football 2k8, excessive celebration is applauded and encouraged. Why not check out what special celebrations you can put together to really rub it in to the other team?

Xbox Live

Of course, no sports game in the nextgen would be complete without the option to play online, and by selecting the Xbox Live option, you can do just that.